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As the fair returns to Santa Monica in 2025, take a look back at standout works, performances and initiatives from its first five editions

From Joseph Beuys as environmentalist at the Broad, to the cultural plurality of María Magdalena Campos-Pons at the Getty, what to see in February

The fair is back at Santa Monica Airport for its sixth edition with an expanded programme and 100+ local and global galleries 

From a show of Ukrainian women artists at Fridman Gallery, New York to Kaari Upson's first posthumous exhibition at Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, here are the best shows of the year

In further news: British Museum considers return of ‘invisible’ Christian plaques to Ethiopia; further protests against Whitney vice chair

The longtime director of MoMA PS1 heads to the West Coast

In ‘Décor’ at MOCA's Pacific Design Center, Barbara Bloom, Andrea Fraser and Louise Lawler unpick the etiquettes of the gallery space

In further news: #MeToo flashmob at Venice Architecture Biennale; BBC historian advocates for return of British museums’s colonial loot

In further news: Gillian Ayres (1930-2018); Met appoints Max Hollein as director; Cannes announces official selection